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Usquepaug, Rhode Island


Usquepaug (or "Usquepaugh") is a village in the towns of Richmond and South Kingstown in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States, along the Usquepaug River and near the Usquepaug Road Historic District.

The village is home to Kenyon Corn Meal Company, a gristmill founded in the late 17th century, and currently located in a building constructed in 1886. The white corn meal is used in a traditional Rhode Island food, johnnycakes and the annual Johnny Cake Festival is held in Usquepaug.

Kenyon Corn Meal Company interior in 2008

Kenyon Corn Meal Company interior in 2008

Corn over the grinding stone in Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh, RI, (near Kingston) 1940

Johnny Cake Festival at Kenyon's Grist Mill

Mill pond in Usquepaug, Rhode Island

Mill dam next to Kenyon's Grist Mill

Kenyon's Gristmill

Coordinates: 41°30′11″N 71°36′32″W / 41.50306°N 71.60889°W / 41.50306; -71.60889



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